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Halmaspiel
Chinese Checkers
“My mother was always a great Halma player.” It’s a 20th century biography: growing up in the Nazi era, teenage years in post-war Germany, the the building of the Wall, and life in the GDR as well as in a united Germany. It’s a story of escaping, desperation and blending in.
Topics:
#Dependence #everyday life #Fear #Work #Berlin #East Germany #Family #escape #Women #Prison #History #Society #identity #Capitalism #Childhood #Sickness #War #Art #fashion #Nazis #Games #surveillance #change
Part of the following short film programs
Borderlines and relations - 30 years since the Fall of the Berlin Wall
Festivals & Awards:
DOK Leipzig - Germany, 2017
Tricky Woman - Germany, 2018
30. Filmfest Dresden - Germany, 2018 - Special Mention
ITFS Stuttgart – Germany, 2018
IFF Dortmund/Köln – Germany, 2018
IKFF Hamburg – Germany, 2018
Kurzfilmrolle Berlin – Germany, 2018
Documentarist 11th Istanbul Documentary Days – Turkey, 2018
Kurzfilmnächte am Elbufer – Germany, 2018
27th dokumentART films & future, 2018
interfilm IKFF Berlin – Germany, 2018
